The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-05
CHARLESTON ITEMS.
Excursionists Returning of the
Earthquake Erased.


CHARLESTON, Sept. 3-To-dsy over
| 800 Charlestonians returned TO their homes
and to work, The mountain excursionists
who left on Aug. II about 600 strong, are
all back, their tickets expiring to-day, while
the cotton men and the wealthy tourists,
I who have been doing the swell watering
places and the bon ton Virginia springs, are
all homeward bound.
After all the earthquake of year ago
resulted in some benefits to Charleston.
/ There is to-day hardly a trace of it to be
| found in a city which n short twelve months
ago was so absolutely in ruins that 1t would
have been impossible, almost, to
drive horse and buggy through
any OF its principal thoroughtares. Twelve
months ago the reporters who went out to
! record what had taken place had to pick
| their way through masses OF debris, and the
merchants who on the morning of Sept =,
| 1886, determined TO reopen their stores had
to excavate footpaths from the store doors
| 10 the middle of the roadway, The city
has been entirely rebuilt, and that too, IN
| better form than before the earthquake.
During the twelve months over $4,OOO,0OO,
moderate estimate has been spent
| in improving real estate. OF this about ST.
| 0O0,000 was contributed by the big-hearted
people of America. Twenty two hundred
houses of needy people were repaired out OF
| the relief fund at cost of about S640, 900.
The churches got about S3OO, 600, and the
| property owners themselves spent about
| s., 900, O01 in which is included the cost OF
about BIN new buildings erected during the
year. So that after all, the earthquake of
| 1886 may prove to be q blessing in disguise.
| BRIGHT OUTLOOK.
| Everything to-day looks bright for
| Charleston. A glance at the trade review
tn no VNtthl md Inv ha Courier
shows that there has been an increase in the
| banking capital and bank deposits, also an
| increase in the capital invested i'll manufac-
| turing enterprises, and q corresponding in
crease in the annual product. The truck
farmers have had a fairly prosperous year,
and the wholesale merchants have also done
well. The weather is charming, cotton is
beginning 10 move, the wharves are becom-
ing again populous, and everything looks
| favorable for prosperous fall
THE RIVERSIDE RAILROAD
| project which received such black eye
| from one of the wharf owners, has been re
vived, and it is not improbable that start
will be made shortly. The plans have been
curtailed somewhat. The road will be built
as far south as Market street, it is said,
(which will let the objecting wharf owner
out,) and the road probably extended later
on.
| HERE AND THERE.
There have been no developments in the
Croghan murder, the 'clue" alluded to in
this correspondence having fallen through.
The readers of the MORNING NEWS who
are in the habit of visiting SullIvans Island,
will be glad to learn that by next season a
| bridge will be constructed connecting the
Island with the main land, so that in the
event of cyclones there will be means of
| retreat by terra firma.
The city is now carrying on improvements
in the shape of new public buildings to the
amount of $4,000. This includes a new hos
pital, "a, 500; new police station, $4,000;
a new fire engine station $4,000,
and repairs to city hall. aims house and
other public buildings about $4,000. The
money is not contributed by The tax payers,
| however. One hundred thousand dollars of
it was contributed from the earthquake re
lief fund, with the consent of the contrib
utors and $4,000 was realized from the
sale of the old guard house or police station
to the government for a post office and Gus
| tom house
1t is rumsred upon pretty good authority
that the old Adger Line of New York steam
ships will soon be re-established.